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....this Court observed that royalty is equivalent to the expression "jura regalia" or "jura regia". Jura regalia is defined as royal prerogatives or rights.  Ramanatha Aiyar, Advanced Law Lexicon (Volume 3) 2789 For centuries, gold and silver mines (also called as royal metals) in the United Kingdom were treated as belonging to the Crown. Royal metals could be mined only after payments in....